Milk-can.



' PATENTED AUG. 25, 1908.

A. J. EDEN.

MILK CAN.

APPLICATION FILED 3ULY26,1907.

Svwenlio z rmrrn ALBERT J. EDEN, OF MINERVA, OHIO.

MILK-CAN.

milk cans and similar receptacles, and the invention has for its objectto provide a novel milk can wherein an outer shell is used forprotecting the milk-can and providing a ventilating space around thesame, whereby the contents of the can will be maintained in a cool andhealthy condition.

Another object of this invention is to provide a milk can having ventsfor ventilating the interior of the can, it being impossible for dirt orforeign matter to enter the can through the-vents thereof.

With .the above and other objects in view which will more readily appearas the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts, to be presentlydescribed and thenspecifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings :Eigure 1 is an elevation of the milk can, partly insection, and Fig. 2

is a bottom plan of the same.

Mv improved milk can consists of a cylin' drical body 1 having arounding or convex bottom 2, a tapering contracted mouth 3,

provided with an outwardly extending flange .4. Fitting in the mouth 3is a lid 5 carrying a dome 6 having circumferentially arranged openings7 formed therein. In the dome is arranged a horizontal perforatedpartition or screen 8, while the lid 5 isprovided with a peripheralflange 9 adapted to rest upon the flange 4 of the can 1. Surrounding thebody 1 of the can is a cylindrical shell 10 of a diameter slightlygreater than the body of the can, thereby providing an annular space 11between the can 1 and the shell 10. The lower edges of the shell 10 arereinforced by reaming or by a Wire 12, and riveted or otherwise securedin the lower end of the shell, as

at 14, are straps 15, said straps being disposed at right angles withrelatio to one another. The straps 15 are r veted together, and to theconvex bottom 2 of-the can as at 16 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 26, 1907. Serial No. 385,651.

Patented Aug. 25, 1908.

whereby the can will be firmly supported within the shell 10.

To the upper end of the cylindrical shell 10 is secured a perforatedcasing 17 carrying a sleeve '18 havlng a flared or funnel-shaped end 19.The casing 17 and the sleeve 18 are su ported parallel to the mouth orupper sici es of the can 1, and the sleeve 18 can be soldered orotherwise secured to the flange 4, whereby the can 1 and the shell 10are practically integral.

The diametrically opposed sides of the shell 10 adjacent to theperforated casing 17 are provided with handles 20 of the conventionalform. The shell 10 will protect the can from being inju red orcontacting with any deleterious matter, at the same time providing anannular space around the can 1 which will maintain the can in a coolcondition. To insure the circulation of air in the annular space aroundthe can 1, I provide a plurality of openings 21 adjacent the lower endof the shell 10, preferably two rows circumferentially arranged, withthe openings of each row staggered with relation to the openings of theother row. I

The milk can or receptacle is constructed of strong and durable metal,and I reserve the right to make such changes in the struc- I turaldetails in the construction as are permissible by the appended claim.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is A milk can comprisin a can proper termiin anannular out- I wardly-extending flange, an outer shell'su'rnating at itsupper en roundin the can and spaced therefrom, the said she l at theupper end projecting above the can and being secured to said annularflange, and supporting strips secured within the lower end of said shellabove the bottom ALBERT J. EDEN.

Witnesses:

J. E. NEWNAM, C. W. FonEMAN.

